tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post1541352792759590369..comments2024-03-28T09:13:04.373-04:00Comments on KIKO'S HOUSE: As Basra Goes So Goes IraqShaun Mullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-8148160153982365892007-08-09T16:24:00.000-04:002007-08-09T16:24:00.000-04:00And what will YOU do when they come over here for ...And what will YOU do when they come over here for you and/or your family and children? <BR/><BR/>What are YOU doing NOW to make things better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-19054361578667586732007-08-08T11:26:00.000-04:002007-08-08T11:26:00.000-04:00Winning and Democracy in Iraq are Oxymoronic Conce...Winning and Democracy in Iraq are Oxymoronic Concepts<BR/>.<BR/>(How the dream of a Cheney/Chalabi “Palm-ocracy” came asunder.)<BR/><BR/>Iraq (as with its neighbors) was ruled by brutality and armed suppression before America began its occupation.<BR/>Iraq (as with its neighbors) will be ruled by brutality and armed suppression after the U.S. leaves.<BR/>No amount of troops or time frame under a half century will alter this formula.<BR/>America seeks to align itself with this, to-be-decided, new ruling force.<BR/>That this new ruling force will be a democracy is oxymoronic.<BR/>That the new ruling force will be a democracy aligned with the interests of the U.S. is even yet more naively ridiculous.<BR/>What the Cheney/neocon aggressors wanted and could have best hoped for, no matter how incompetent in assessing the tribal/religious nature of Iraq they were, would be to establish a "palmocracy."<BR/>When Arafat died I opined that hopefully, eventually, a Sunni palmocrat of Arafat's scheming mold would appear who would collect the graft and grease together a new working government. Tribes, religions, criminal elements, power seekers, moneyed neighbors with agendas and foreign born terrorists , as a mix, simply overwhelm this possibility.<BR/>Chalabi as a symbol of what a palmocracy might be was so enticing. Oh well!<BR/>Brutality and suppression will eventually create a new Iraq. The Iraqis want America out now. This desire can only increase.<BR/>It is entirely illogical that a ruling body will appear from the ashes of Iraq that will kiss the hand of its invader.<BR/>--One last tip, if you can, by stock in Crescent Condominium Development Limited. It's listed on the Iranian Stock Exchange and is reputedly a real favorite of the Mullahs.--<BR/><BR/>Labels: Crescent Condominium Deveopment Ltd., democracy, Iraq, Iraq withdrawal, cognitorex, palm-ocracycognitorexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05092226654355873888noreply@blogger.com